Liz Murphy

ColumnistNaptown PintWriter

Liz Murphy lives in Annapolis with her husband, Patrick, and their two lazy dogs, Horatio and Nugget. Liz also runs her own Annapolis-based beer blog, Naptown Pint. You can usually find her kicking back a pint (or four) at 1747 Pub off Church Circle. Or you can just set a scotch ale out on your porch, and she'll be there in five minutes. You can reach her at liz@naptownpint.com.

Recent Articles

I know I’m tempting fate by using my column this week to express an undying love for what I consider to be an under-appreciated style. It’s a well-known fact among friends and family that I am the kiss of death any time I decide to root for anyone or anything. (Sorry, Washington Redskins. Aside...

Annapolitans, Anne Arundelians and Marylanders, far and wide, welcome to the brief, few-week period of stunning fall days, kaleidoscopic autumn foliage and sweater weather. You know, before it all disappears in the blink of an eye because we live in Maryland, and we can’t have nice things… like...

When it comes to the Maryland beer scene, there is a lot to be excited about right now. On Saturday, the long-awaited Sapwood Cellars brewery will be opening its doors in Columbia for it's “Grand-ish Opening.” If you’re familiar with the beer industry, you know the talent and pedigree of both Sapwood...

I think I’m being punished for rolling out my beer picks for fall a couple of weeks ago in this fine little local paper; the recent marathon of swamp-like humid days feels like a personal attack. Is Mother Nature is flexing her muscles because I got a little too uppity with my hot weather diatribes?...

Ladies and gentlemen, I am in a state of pure elation today. Not only is it a stunning, cool morning in the low 70s as I write this, we are less than a month from the first day of fall. Look, I’ll admit that I am not a total Scrooge about summer. Being outside is sometimes nice, going to the pool...

In 1928, the Franciscan Friars purchased the sprawling property that would later become the home of the Shrine of St. Anthony on the outskirts of Ellicott City for $436,000. Today, it is known for its Italian Renaissance architecture, rolling hills and more than 200 acres of greenery and woodlands....

What’s always struck me about Guinness is the emotional connection so many people have with the brewery. Take their iconic, nitrogenated stout, for instance. It isn’t just a beer. “It’s a Guinness,” people will say with whispered reverence. The same holds true in my family. As I am Irish by marriage...

I wish I could say I was one of those elevated beer nerds who doesn’t succumb to fads or the constant frenzy over exclusive beer releases. But, more times than I care to admit, I find myself scanning craft brewery draft lists for their latest “juice bomb,” so I can get my haze on like the “bro”-est...